Crate.



E. F. RIBBEGK.

CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED TEB.2, 1011.

1,084,901 Patented Jan. 20, 1914.

QZZZd/ 9 EMILE F. RIBBEGK, OF NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA.

CRATE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 20,1914.

Application filed February 2, 1811. Serial No. 606,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMILE F. Brannon, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Iberia, in the parish of Iberia and State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crates, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to crates, and the object is to provide a crateof the type of that described in my Patent No. 960,401, in which apivoted receptacle is mounted within a housing and is designed to remainin a given position regardless of the position of the housing, so longas the latter is not placed on end.

A further object is to provide an innor receptacle which shall occupysubstantially all of the space within the housing, the latter being inthis instance cylindrical, and which shall permit of the passage of airin all directions through the crate, for the purpose of affordingventilation.

A still further object is to provide means especially suited to a crateof this character for holding particular kinds of merchandise, orproduce.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, Figure lis a vertical longitudinal section of the crate, Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, Fig. 3 is a view of one end, Fig. 4; is a top plan viewshowing the locking device, 5 shows one of the perforated ends of theinner receptacle, Fig. 6 shows a cellular tray for eggs and smallfruits, Fig. 7 shows a cover for the egg tray.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a cylindrical housing 1, andacross one end thereof secure permanently a bar 2, in which a centralrod or shaft 3 is mounted, the opposite end of such rod resting in anaperture in cross bar 4 located in the end of the housing which may beregarded as the top thereof. Cross bar 4 is connected to the housing bymeans of a hinge 5 and is provided with a hasp 6, secured by lock 7Within the housing a cylindrical receptacle 8 is arranged, being mountedon rod 3 which passes through apertures in the central portions of theends of the receptacle. These ends, numbered, respectively 9 and 10 areperforated, to provide for the circulation of air, the sides ofreceptacle 8 being also perforated, for the same purpose.

End portion 10 serves as a cover and is secured by means of lugs orprojections 11 and 12. The edge of the cylindrical Wall may be notchedslightly, to permit the lugs or cars to fit over the edge of said wall,as shown in Fig. 2.

lVithin the receptacle 8, articles of produce may be carried in bulk, ifdesired, and when the crate, that is, the housing 1 is rolled like abarrel, the contents will not be shaken about and bruised, as receptacle8 will retain a given position under these conditions.

When using the crate for the transportation of eggs, or of certainfruits, I employ cellular trays or nests 13 formed of rings 14L ofsuitable material. These are rigidly connected so that the entire traymay not require other bracing or securing means, unless an attachedbottom is required under given conditions. The nests are provided withcovers 15 having central apertures 16 and o1 )enings 17, to permit ofthe covers be ing lifted off. The cellular tray may be formed of metalif desired, in order to provide sutticient rigidity, and the entirecrate, with the exception of the cross bars, may be formed of the samematerial, although I do not limit myself to the use of metal.

It will be observed that ventilation is provided on all sides of theinner receptacle in whatever position the crate as a whole may beplaced.

hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a crate, a housing cylindrical in form, a cross bar extending acrossone end thereof, and having its ends atlixed to the sides of thehousing, a second bar hinged in one end of the housing, locking meansfor the other end, an inner receptacle, a rod constituting an axleextending lengthwise of the inner receptacle, being secured to thestationary cross bar, and loosely mounted in the hinged bar the bar lastmentioned serving as a locking device for the inner receptacle, and whenin a closed position, as a pivotal support for said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMILE F. RIBBECK.

Witnesses:

E. W. NoNssoN, A. J. CAMMAoK,

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patentl. Washington, D. 0."

